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Bose Soundsport Wireless sport Headphones.599aedComfort and sweat proof-6hr battery life (2hrs to full charge)-hmmm why not faster and longer?-the open design allows you to hear what is going on around you, good for sports, running...-from the unboxing to the 1st use these are a very classy product.-The app is fantastic and through a simple visual explained how to get the earbuds in properly.-they sit in the ear not deep in at the outer edge and there is a little lock with a rubber hook to hold it in place.-the app is great and the 1st thing it does is ask you to name the product or it will generate a name, Lonesome sundown is what I got.Software update and boom we are in business.-what I love about these headphones is they do stick out a bit so they are noticable and they are crazy comfortable-what are others saying, best sport headphones on the market, really!-cool feature you can stream to another friends headphones if they are bose!You got the drone!
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3. Blackberry sale! 2 phones will you buy one?4. VR and Google this is coolGoogle announced that its Chrome browser now supports virtual reality films, games, and other experiences. People can view virtual reality content in the Chrome app on Daydream-ready Android devices. Megan Lindsay, Chrome’s product manager said it’s now “as easy to step inside Air Force One as it is to access your favorite webpage.” Adding WebVR to Chrome will be an important step in giving VR creators a larger platform to showcase their designs… (Read more on Google Blog)This is Haptical weekly newsletter #52. We bring you an in-depth look and help discover the latest VR / AR trends at a glance. Follow us on Medium to stay ahead of the curve.Enjoying Haptical? You can support us by being a member and receive a weekly exclusive report on the best practices of Virtual Reality. Sign up on bit.ly/joinhaptical5. More additions to google maps a foursquare type list!You can now create Spotify-like "playlists" of your favorite local spots on Google Maps that your friends can share and follow. The feature, which Google recently rolled out to Local Guide users, lets you create "Favorites," "Starred Places," "Want to Go" and your own custom lists. The idea is to "start flexing your local knowledge muscles," Google said, and benefit from the inside info of other folks by following their lists.The feature is very similar to those on Foursquare, right down to the nearly identical icons, showing that Facebook isn't the only company willing to copy a smaller competitor. Once it rolls out to your area (I don't have it in France yet and I'm a Local Guide), you just find a restaurant or other place in Maps and hit the "save" icon. That'll let you add it to one of the above lists or a new one you create like "Favorite Pho Spots" or "Best Veggie Burgers."6.range extenders this is a good deal!7. Samsung making OLED screens for Apple!8. YouTube kids!https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/13/youtube-kids-gets-its-own-original-shows/?ncid=rssYouTube Kids, the app offering a curated selection of age-appropriate videos sourced from YouTube, is launching its own original programming, the company announced today. The four new shows are a part of the YouTube Red subscription service, and were created with the kids’ app in mind. This is also the first time that YouTube Red has invested in creators who are making original shows designed for family audiences, says YouTube.The series come from established creators, including DanTDM , Joe and Cody of TheAtlanticCraft, tween music act L2M, and Fruit Ninja. The shows will launch this spring on the service, while others are in development for premieres throughout the year.Now two years old, YouTube Kids aims to offer a safer alternative to YouTube’s larger video network. Until its arrival, many parents were hesitant to allow their children to use YouTube, or were constantly struggling with their kids happening upon inappropriate or adult content on the site.While far from perfect, YouTube Kids has become a better starting point for parents looking to control kids’ YouTube experience, thanks to the app’s kid-friendly user interface, curated selection of programming, and parental controls that let you do things like disable the search function.YouTube Red’s subscription service expanded to include YouTube Kids last August, offering an ad-free experience on the kids app along with all of Red’s other key features, like offline access and background play, for example.YouTube says that its kids app has seen over 30 billion views to date and now has over 8 million weekly active viewers. The app had originally focused more on videos that appealed to younger children, like singalongs and Sesame Street, but today also includes those that extend up the age spectrum, like science videos, magic tricks, and more.With the launch of the new original programming, it seems that YouTube Kids will continue its expansion beyond the preschool crowd and up into the tweens.The slate of programming isn’t all cartoons, nor toddler-focused fare. One show called “Hyperlinked,” for example, stars music act L2M and tells a story of five girls who come together to create their own website for girls.The other programs include “Fruit Ninja: Frenzy Force,” “The Kings of Atlantis,” and “DanTDM Creates a Big Scene.”Alongside the news of the new series, YouTube Kids will also soon arrive on smart TVs, including LG and Samsung TVs, says YouTube.9. Use of AI!
-do mechanics in Dubai need government approval/licensing?-can a car run without a catalytic converter-where can I get my car converted to natural gas as a fuel-can I trust the guys who you call to do your car windshield are they using acceptable parts?-is it a big job to install supports rings for a booster seat?-can I get a regular toyota fortuner equipped with air shocks?
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Lexus LXGrand Charokee trailhawk-Renault has some great deals-Lets talk Volkswagonhttp://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/scandal-ridden-car-company-now-world-s-best-selling-automaker-n714266?cid=public-rss_20170213It's official: Volkswagen became the world's best-selling automaker in 2016, toppling king-of-the-hill Toyota by more than 150,000 vehicles worldwide.If anything, analysts suggested, the German maker's lead would have been even larger were it not for VW's ongoing diesel emissions scandal. Demand in the key U.S. market took a double-digit dip last year, but the "people's car" company still managed to deliver a 3.8 percent global increase.-Vans! We need more vans! (Volks, GM, Dodge)-What did you learn from Elon Musk?-The camero really is the best muscle car from the US-Hyundai and self driving cars?-Ford Expedition is NEWhttp://www.autonews.com/article/20170213/OEM04/302139953/redesigned-expedition-sets-the-new-standard-Rav 4 goes ruggedhttp://www.autonews.com/article/20170212/OEM04/302139946/amid-sales-push-rav4-goes-in-a-more-rugged-direction
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-colds that are producing nice green Phlegm, thoughts on what to do to get relief? How long before a person should head to the doctorGreen Phlegm usually signifies bacterial infection as they contain neutrophils (a type of white blood cell.) Leucocytes attack viruses and usually yellow in colour.Once goes green - if also have fever, would head to the doc for a check up.http://www.medicaldaily.com/coughing-phlegm-what-color-your-sputum-says-about-your-health-351774https://www.gov.uk/government/news/green-phlegm-and-snot-not-always-a-sign-of-an-infection-needing-antibiotics
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Works best with iTouch to control zoom!Tucked away in the settings are tools to enable or disable mute, the flash, stabilize the image, reverse, pick the music, and more. The music tracks are originals created by musicians on the team, and are ideal for the video parodies this app will likely produce.Bergeron says the app is meant to help fill a void on the market, where there are today too many apps focused on “pro-sumer” photography. OOO is not a professional tool, it’s a toy.Future releases will include more music and zoom controls, including noise-controlled zoom. But for the time being, OOO is a free download on the iTunes App Store.One of Snapchat’s more clever ideas was not its disappearing messages, but that the smartphone camera should be a toy. Along those same lines, but on a lesser scale, a new app called OOO is meant to be a fun, little camera toy that lets you play with your video. Instead of trying to help you craft the “perfect” shot, the app lets you rapidly zoom in and out on as quickly or as slowly as you want with just a press of a finger, while you set your mini movie to one of the half-dozen music tracks included with the app.The end result, explains OOO’s co-creator Brett Bergeron, is something that feels more like a music video.The app comes across as a bit stupid or silly, but Bergeron insists there’s more going on under the hood, like camera stabilization, audio management that adjusts to whether you’re wearing headphones, AirPods, the regular mic, or if you have hardware mute enabled. And the app uses 3D Touch, which lets you press hard to more rapidly zoom your shot. Its single purpose is to make a certain kind of video, and it’s easier to do this kind of crazy zooming in the app instead of in iOS’s own camera.OOO – whose name “OOO” is supposed to be “Zooom” minus the “Z” and “M,” and not “out of office,” as you’d think – comes from Brooklyn-based This Also, a design studio Bergeron and Brian Baker set up after leaving Google Creative Lab where they previously worked as designers.The studio’s clients include startups, Google, Xbox, and Spotify. Most notably, they worked on Google Identity and a redesign of the Google App for iOS.
VR ok what about AR?Artist and comic creator Sutu, aka Stu Campbell, explored the use of AR as a storytelling tool in his 2014 comic "Modern Polaxis."Now he's taking the technology he and his business partner Lukasz Karluk developed even further, exploring its use as a tool for artistic expression.His latest project is called Prosthetic Reality, an art book that features the work of 45 artists from around the world. Each artwork, when viewed through the free EyeJack app for iOS and Android, comes to vivid life, with a colourful animation and soundscape that reveals a deeper meaning."The title for the book came from the idea of giving our reality an appendage in the digital form, in this case, transforming a physical printed artwork with a new layer of animated digital art that transforms the meaning and adds something more," Campbell explained in an email."I encouraged the artists to explore the possibilities of AR art in their own style. The result is a diverse collection of AR art ranging from hand drawn illustrations to technical 3D animations to powerful political narrative, all of which beautifully showcases the potential of the medium."
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Google and custom clothingGoogle and H&M's Ivyrevel label are working on a Coded Couture app that uses Android's passive sensing abilities (the Awareness API) to design a dress around your activities. Grant the app permission and it'll generate business, gala and party dresses based on your favorite places, your fitness routine and even the typical weather -- in a sense, you really are wearing your heart on your sleeve. The only requirement is that you keep your phone with you.
Super battery!The lithium-ion battery in your phone might look like a solid chunk of energy-producing plastic at first glance, but if you were to bust it open and take a closer look, you'd see there's also some liquid inside. That's because most lithium-ion batteries are composed of multiple parts: two solid electrodes, separated by a polymer membrane infused with a liquid or gel electrolyte.Now, MIT researchers believe they have taken the first steps forward in the development of all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries, according to new research published in Advanced Energy Materials. In non-nerd speak, that basically means batteries that could store more energy—meaning less trips to a power outlet.
The Nintendo Switch isn’t exactly coming out of the gate with the strongest launch lineup of games. Aside from the obvious heavy hitter The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the mini-game collection 1-2 Switch, the majority of the games releasing alongside the system are ports from other consoles, but Nintendo doesn’t believe this should concern fans.Speaking at an investors’ meeting, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima admitted that critics have been unimpressed with the game’s limited launch titles.“Some of those who have seen this lineup have expressed the opinion that the launch lineup is weak,” Kimishima said. “Our thinking in arranging the 2017 software lineup is that it is important to continue to provided new titles regularly without long gaps. This encourages to continue actively playing the system, maintains buzz, and continued sales momentum for the Switch.”
If you're looking for a quick, easy, and affordable way to protect your Google account, Facebook, GitHub, Dropbox, Salesforce admin account (and much more), or looking for a way to harden your Mac or Windows login credentials, then you need to take a look at YubiKey.OK, first off, what is YubiKey?YubiKey is a small authentication key manufactured by Yubico that can be used to securing access to a wide range of applications, including remote access and VPN, password managers, computer login, FIDO U2F login (Gmail, GitHub, Dropbox, etc.) content management systems, popular online services, and much more.
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The Omega 2 from Onion Corporation comes with built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) and on-board flash storage - all for $5!The board runs a custom Linux distro that's based on OpenWrt but you can also choose to run FreeBSD.The modular nature of the Omega 2 means that you can easily add features such as Bluetooth or GPS to suit your needs.
Wearable electronic devices today are, for the most part, toys for narcissists.Think about it: Fitbit is great at gathering data about your own body, Snap Spectacles captures the world through your own eyes, and even the Apple Watch offers an inwardly focused information stream. What if, instead, wearables were made to listen and help communicate to the world around you?That's the goal behind a wave of interesting projects, including one announced this week by a group of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and an ongoing project from a Houston startup. Both have created wearables that not only gather sound but communicate with the wearer using tactile or haptic feedback that doesn't require a visual display. This could open a world of new use cases for wearable devices.Facebook is fines for vrThe virtual reality headset maker that Facebook Inc. bought in 2014 for US$2 billion used stolen technology, a jury said in awarding US$500 million damages to ZeniMax Media Inc.Jurors in Dallas federal court on Wednesday sided with ZeniMax in its trade-secrets case over the Oculus Rift, the device that has put the social media giant at the forefront of the virtual reality boom.The verdict is a rebuke of Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, who isn’t a defendant but who told jurors in his first-ever courtroom testimony that it was important for him to be there because the claims by ZeniMax Media Inc. were “false.”
Tapping the nostalgia and cool marketHutch, a video games developer, has raised $5.5m in a round co-led by Index Ventures and Backed VC.Founded in 2011, the Silicon Roundabout-based firm, which is mostly known for the success of its recently-launched Hot Wheels game, creates gaming apps for iOS and Android devices.Shaun Rutland, CEO of Hutch, commented: “We founded Hutch on a long term vision that racing on mobile devices had enormous category potential. We’re now firing on all-cylinders, with incredible talent, technology and IP.“This investment is testimony to that and will allow us to accelerate our ambitions, whilst also creating a company with strong values and a culture that empowers our people to create leading-edge mobile games,” he added.Hutch also announced that its Hot Wheels: Race Off game has attracted over 14 million players since its launch just before Christmas.Rutland continued: “We are delighted to have found partners that share our vision in Index Ventures and Backed VC, and we look forward to working together.”
Snapseed launched back in 2011 and for many smartphone-camera enthusiasts is the go-to app for knocking images into shape.The app’s first update of 2017 landed on Tuesday, bringing with it a useful “Curves” tool for iPhone users that offers quick and precise adjustments to elements such as brightness, contrast, and color.Anyone who’s used more advanced photo-editing software on their PC will already be familiar with Curves, though it’s likely that casual smartphone photographers will be seeing it for the first time with Snapseed’s update. While editing apps already offer a slew of ways to make adjustments, Curves is a fast and powerful way to transform your images that doesn’t take long to feel at ease with.NOT IN ANDROID YET!Tap anywhere on the line to create an anchor point, and then drag it around to change the look of your photo. Tap multiple times to create multiple anchor points along the line, and move each one to make image adjustments, minor or major. You’ll soon start to see how different movements lead to different kinds of changes.If you’re looking for ideas, try creating an anchor point close to the top of the line and another close to the bottom. Next, use the two points to create an S shape and see how the image starts to pop according to how pronounced you make the shape.Alternatively, when you open the image, you can swipe through a large number of presets at the bottom of the display that show the anchor points for each one.When you’re done, simply hit the check mark bottom right.
Bluetooth trackers are a godsend for forgetful people, but they have their limitations. If you’re out of range, there’s no other way to find the tagged object unless you want to walk around with the app and find it yourself and hope your phone detects the tag’s signal.Ping has an idea, and it’s arguably one of those “why hasn’t this been done before?” moments. Instead of just Bluetooth, Ping’s tag also connects to GPS and cellular — meaning whether you’re 30 feet or 3,000 miles away, you’ll know exactly where you left that forgotten item.
